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The cult of the naked Nagas has a long history. The present volume aims to explore new findings which are available in various archives and repositories in order to fill up the lacuna in Jadunath Sarkar's work on the subject as elaborated in the present introduction.

The team also visited the PVTG hamlets, interviewed the people, and recorded their observations with regard to development. Socio-economic status of each PVTG is described in the volume while a summary including a few suggestions is given in the introduction.

Christian Dalits are casteless because they belong to a com­munity who in their pre-Dalit state were casteless and classless people. Also Christians are supposed to be casteless, because Christian re­ligion is considered to be above caste or class.

The author writes further that Gandhara art is Indic, and not European. This book is highly recommended for scholars and researchers interested in Buddhist art.

These include the following: a chronological survey of Bengal Sultan coins, the minting process, and popular Islamic titles issued, which include the famous Arabic-Persian titles, such as 'Khilafat' and 'Khilafat Allah', and the coins issued by princes and non-rulers.

The third part talks about the establishment of Portuguese rule in Burma with the Portuguese occupation of Pegu, discussing the conflicts between the Portuguese and Arakanese rulers and the establishment of Portuguese adventurer and mercenary Filipe de Brito e Nicote at Syriam.

The motives, reasonings, and action of the Indians displayed in broad daylight, he felt, would be an inestimable advantage in the administration of justice.

This volume explores Buddhist localisations through manuscripts and material culture in the multiethnic oases of the Tarim basin, the Transhimalyan region of Zangskar, Ladakh and Kashmir and the Western Tibetan Kingdom of Purang-Guge.

Later on, although officials of the colonial adminis­tra-tion also studied the languages and culture of India, it was - contrary to what is usually assumed - particularly the many missionaries who made the greatest contribution to the mapping of Hinduism.

A few hundred at most, found themselves among quite unwarlike tribes the Todas, Kotas and Kurumbas who understandingly gave them land to settle on.

This volume is the outcome of more than eight years study on India's Look East Policy and its implications on the North-East region and is indispensable for scholars working on South-East Asia.

Finally, the book advocates for inclusive democracy and social democracy, as advocated by Dr. Ambedkar to eradicate inequality in politics and to have an all-representative government.

He devotes two chapters to popular religious beliefs including but not limited to animism, totemism, village gods, animal worship; and magic, shamanism and witchcraft. Lucidly written, Crooke gives a good picture of the social structure of the time. He has referred to other sources, thereby adding to the richness of this book.

Untouchability among the Hindus ¿ Problem of Habitat ¿ Old theories of the Origin of Untouchability New Theories of the Origin of Untouchability ¿ The New Theories and some Hard Questions ¿ Untouchability and the Date of its Birth.

Its main themes are the organization of work in the factories, wages, trade unions, and marriage. These are viewed from the perspective of class, caste, and gender to elucidate women's experience and identity.

In some studies, the emancipatory thrust of this tradition is occasionally recognised, but it is seldom integrated with civilisational studies on Indian culture and society.

Rajendra Singh the sucessor of Deoras, consolidated the political mission by getting control over the State and reaching out to civil society more effectively. K.S. Sudarshan, the present chief, while attempting to retain a tight control over State power, simultaneously reinforces Hindutva.

This work will help us connect with our past and enlighten the readers with the faultlines that have occurred over the centuries, and have led us where we are today.

This book, which offers a unique per¬spective on the historical evolution of these regions, will be invaluable for Indian policymakers to view the Indian Union from the perspectives of the Frontier leadership.

Aims at questioning the notion of Brahmanical identity in India. This book is based on the contextualisation of discourses coming from contemporary urban middle class Brahmins settled in Delhi, Agra and Chennai.

This lively account further illuminates the complexities of change in 'traditional' India under the impact of a colonial regime and modernizing society and culture.

And finally, what were The problems inherent in the transformation of untouchability under British colonial rule and the subsequent development of the liberation movements of the depressed castes which constitute the modern phase of the problem of untouchability?

The intensification of agricultural practices, emigration, and the com­mercialisation of agriculture are identified as the main factors leading to this transformation. Special attention is paid to the increasing emancipation of lower-caste labourers and the acquisition of small plots of land by some of them.

However, the defeat of Tipu Sultan at the hands of the English East India Company in 1792, sealed the fate of the Arakkals, as well as the Kolatiris. The author has put to good use her knowledge of Malayalam, French, and English sources to reconstitute the history of Kannur and north Malabar until 1792.

This book aims to debunk these notions. It is based on the collected works of Patel and attempts to fill in the gap created by the absence of any significant academic work on his life and work.

The book looks into the issue of complex interactions between local and extra-local influences in maritime Southeast Asia. It traces the pro-cesses through which extra-local influences were localized.

The work describes in detail the role of air power in various operations right from operation poomalai on 4 June 1987 till the completion of Induction of the Indian peace keeping force in March 1990.

It is very evident that much of the scholarly work currently done in the field of defence, human resources, strategic and development studies converges on issues which impact international relations both in policy formulation and its implementation through bilateral or multilateral arrangements. Issues such as Energy, Environment, Disaster Management, Technology, Food, Agriculture, Poverty, Health, Refugees, Migration, Trade, Political Formations among others, are now increasingly influencing global decision-making. The Osmania Universiy Centre for International Programmes-OUCIP-had organized an international conference to reflect on these issues. The present volume is an edited collection of the papers presented at the conference. Divided into nine parts, the essays deal with India's reach, role and responsibility as a soft power, her relations with immediate neighbours as well as the big powers in the decades ahead.

However, in this volume, most of the young scholars distance themselves from the main thrust of Indian scholarship on Pakistan and provide a fresh perspective on Pakistan which can potentially rupture the established tradition of Indian scholarship on Pakistan.